Northchurch War Memorial and former plinth 5m to south-west

War memorial, erected in 1920, dedicated to the fallen of the First and Second World Wars; the plinth was replaced in the 1960s, and the former plinth stands around 5m south-west of the memorial.

MATERIALS: both the memorial and detached plinth are crafted from limestone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a rough-hewn Celtic cross with carved Celtic decoration on the cross itself, mounted on a battered plinth on a single step. The south-west elevation of the plinth (facing High Street) is inscribed: ‘IN MEMORY OF/ ALL THOSE WHO/ HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SERVICE/ OF THEIR COUNTRY’.

The former plinth, which now stands around 5m south-west of the memorial, inside the boundary wall of the churchyard, has the following leaded lettering on its south-west elevation (facing High Street): ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ MEMORY OF/ NORTHCHURCH MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ 1914 – 1919’. The names of the First World War fallen are recorded in leaded lettering on the south-east and north-west sides of the plinth. The dates of the Second World War (1939-1945) and the names of the fallen were later added to the north-east elevation of the plinth (facing the church).